Plans emerge for 500MW solar & storage site in the UK
Finlay Colville, head of market research at Solar Media, provides the inside track on early plans for a 500MW solar-plus-storage facility in the UK.
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EDF and Anesco partner for ‘sector first’ storage floor price
Anesco has turned to EDF Energy to optimise its landmark Clayhill solar-plus-storage farm, including the provision of an “industry first” guaranteed floor price for storage.
Solarcentury toasts French solar auction wins
Solarcentury is to build three solar farms in France with a combined capacity of 57MW after racking up contract wins in the country's latest auction.
RedT future plunged into doubt as strategic review, new fundraising drives launched
The future of vanadium flow machine company redT has been plunged into doubt after it launched a strategic review of its ongoing business.
Aberla Group boasts ‘exceptionally strong’ year following multi-million pound investment
Aberla Group has lauded a £3 million investment in its energy businesses after it recorded an “exceptionally strong” year, delivering significant growth.
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Results season and UK solar’s direction of travel
Results season - that time of the year when firms reveal just how well, or poorly, they’ve performed - is always interesting, but as UK solar enters a critical juncture, this year’s season has become emblematic of PV’s direction of travel.
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Five things we learned from Energy Storage Summit 2019
Solar Media's in-house editorial team highlights five key themes that emerged from last week's Energy Storage Summit 2019, which took place at a crucial time for the industry.
Foresight to keep UK subsidy-free and co-location on ice in favour of ‘opportunistic approach’
Foresight Solar Fund basked in last year’s sunshine to report significant growth in 2018, but the coming years look set for a “more opportunistic approach”, the fund said today.
Statkraft launches 1GW UK renewables, storage and gas virtual power plant
Statkraft has partnered with energy & meteo systems to launch a 1GW wind, solar and battery storage virtual power plant in the UK, which it says will further renewables’ penetration into the country’s energy market.
Advent of unsubsidised solar ‘accelerating’ as BSIF expects patience to pay off
The advent of unsubsidised solar in the UK is accelerating and Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF), one of the top five asset holders in the UK, now expects its previous patience in the field to pay off.
GRIDSERVE ‘ushers in new era’ of UK solar with subsidy-free, technologically advanced solar farms
GRIDSERVE has unveiled that it is to start construction on a 37.4MW solar farm and 27MW battery storage project imminently, in what is being billed as the UK’s most technologically advanced solar farm to date.
Cubico seals £272 million solar, onshore wind refinancing package
Cubico Sustainable Investments has raised around £272 million to refinance a 200MW portfolio of onshore wind and solar PV assets in the UK.
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Plugging the hole: How can solar fill UK nuclear’s void?
When Hitachi suspended development of its planned new nuclear power plant at Wylfa in early 2019, many thought the news would blow a hole in the country’s decarbonisation plans. But as costs continue to fall, even the UK government, not usually considered to be renewables’ closest ally, has pointed to the technologies’ role in plugging that gap. Liam Stoker looks at what might be required.
Ashford Borough Council eyes 9MW solar farm as ‘significant’ income boost
Ashford Borough Council is to develop a 9MW solar farm on council land which it said would provide a “significant income stream” for the local authority.
Immersa pens strategic partnership with vanadium flow machine specialist CellCube
Immersa has penned a strategic partnership with Canadian battery storage manufacturer CellCube to bring large-scale vanadium redox flow battery systems to the UK.
Financing and asset sophistication the last hurdles to subsidy-free solar
Financing is the last obstacle to more widespread subsidy-free developments throughout Europe as merchant risk remains problematic to debt providers, industry experts have concluded.
Exclusive: Anesco completes internal restructure as 18 jobs are lost
Anesco has begun an internal restructure which will see several business units merged and as many as 18 jobs lost from the renewables firm, Solar Power Portal can reveal.
Introducing the Solar & Storage Live Awards 2019
With a slight rebrand for 2019, Terrapinn is proud to announce this year’s Solar & Storage Live Awards categories and open nominations.
Standardisation a ‘long way off’ from solving the ‘gulf’ in corporate PPA understanding
The corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) market is currently struggling from a “large gulf” in understanding that standardisation could solve, but the industry is still a “long way off” from introducing them.
Pan-European secondary solar market set for ‘exciting times’ as growth, O&G interest set to continue
The continued growth of the secondary solar market on a pan-European scale will result in “exciting times” for the sector, but big utilities are unlikely to stay on the sidelines.
European solar finance community gathers to plot PV’s post-subsidy course
Representatives of some of solar PV’s leading European finance houses will meet in London this week as the continent’s solar industry inches ever closer to grid-parity.
Solarcentury appoints Banks to lead UK subsidy-free solar team
Solarcentury has poached Chris Banks from RES to lead its subsidy-free solar development team in the UK.
UKPN puts landmark Leighton Buzzard battery up for sale
Distribution network operator (DNO) UK Power Networks has officially put its landmark ‘Smarter Network Storage’ Leighton Buzzard battery up for sale.
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Revealing the true UK large-scale solar farm pipeline for 2019
Finlay Colville, head of market research at Solar Media, delves into the UK large-scale solar pipeline to reveal what really could be built over the next 12 months.
UK to join Europe’s subsidy-free solar ‘vanguard’ in 2019
Wood Mackenzie has predicted that the UK will join Europe’s “vanguard of subsidy-free utility-scale solar PV” in 2019 as project costs continue to fall.
Cambridgeshire County Council unveils ‘first of their kind’ landfill solar-plus-storage parks
Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) has unveiled two landmark solar-plus-storage projects on existing landfill sites which aim to be the first of their kind in the UK.
Renewables to be the ‘dominant force’ in GB power by 2020
Solar is to help renewables become the “dominant force” of Great Britain’s energy mix by as early as next year, a new report has found.
BayWa r.e. celebrates Octopus solar O&M deal
BayWa r.e. has landed a contract to provide operations and maintenance services to Octopus Investments for 13 of its UK solar farms.
Government must re-examine established renewables policy, consider ‘CfD Floor’ mechanism
The government must urgently re-examine its policy for supporting established renewables if it is to meet climate objectives, research and analysis firm Cornwall Insight has said.
Shell partners Anesco for UK battery storage
Anesco and Shell’s New Energies division are to partner on a utility-scale battery storage project in Norfolk.